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Dollar General (DG) reachead $93.69 at the closing of the latest trading day, reflecting a +0.39% change compared to its last close.
It's been a tough couple of months for the market. The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.74%) is down 14% from its February high, in fact, and toying with its worst April since the Great Depression.
The start to 2025 has proven challenging for investors as changes in U.S. trade policy usher in uncertainties regarding the economy. In March, the S&P 500 index faced a 5.8% decline, with weakness continuing into April, down 12.3% year to date as of this writing.
Share prices of Dollar General (DG -1.40%) are up a little more than 25% so far in 2025. The S&P 500 index (^GSPC 1.67%), meanwhile, has fallen roughly 8%, after having dipped deep into correction territory at various points in the year.
Dollar General (DG) closed the most recent trading day at $96.79, moving +1.23% from the previous trading session.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.79%) is down 10% so far this year. And that has a lot to do with the Trump administration's trade policy, which has proven unpredictable and extreme.
Spring is only just starting to bloom, but 2025 is already starting to look like a lost year for investors. As of April 8, the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.81%) is down 18%, the Nasdaq Composite is in a bear market, and investors are reeling over President Donald Trump's plan to impose the highest tariff rates in over a century.
On April 2, the Trump administration roiled financial markets by introducing wide-ranging tariffs on most of America's trading partners. In addition to a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, the government is expected to start collecting levies of up to 49% on some countries in a move that could dramatically hurt global trade and economic growth.
Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) was last seen down 0.5% to trade at $93.59, at least partially insulted from the broad-market selloff after an upgrade from Citigroup to "neutral" from "sell.
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Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 13, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Kevin Walker - Vice President of Investor Relations Todd Vasos - Chief Executive Officer Kelly Dilts - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Kate McShane - Goldman Sachs Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley Matthew Boss - JPMorgan Chase Zhihan Ma - Bernstein Rupesh Parikh - Oppenheimer Seth Sigman - Barclays Robert Ohmes - Bank of America Operator Good morning. My name is Robert, and I'll be your conference operator today.